A Phase-Shift Full Bridge Converter for the Energy Management of Electrolyzer Systems

Author

Cavallaro, C. ; Cecconi, V. ; Chimento, F. ; Musumeci, S. ; Santonocito, C. ; Sapuppo, C.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Catania, Catania

fYear

2007

fDate

4-7 June 2007

Firstpage

2649

Lastpage

2654

Abstract

The purpose of this work has been the development of the supplying system for an industrial electrolyzer. The hydrogen generating device is part of a complex system constituted by a supplying photovoltaic plant, the grid and a fuel cell battery. The main aim of this electrical system is the hydrogen storage devoted to the suitable load supplying in order to obtain an optimum load profile in case of domestic consumers. The converter is linked to a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm which enables a converter to extract the maximum power from the photovoltaic plant. The energy is supplied to the electrolyzer or the storage system according to the load profile. A phase-shift control strategy has been adopted and the ZVS at turn on driving strategy, in order to increase the efficiency and thus lowering the power consumption for the whole system. The system has been developed looking for the realization of a dedicated integrated circuits utilization where the control strategy has been implemented.

Keywords

bridge circuits; energy management systems; hydrogen storage; photovoltaic power systems; power generation control; switching convertors; zero voltage switching; ZVS; domestic consumers; electrolyzer systems; energy management; fuel cell battery; hydrogen generating device; hydrogen storage; integrated circuits; maximum power point tracking algorithm; phase-shift control strategy; phase-shift full bridge converter; photovoltaic plant; power consumption; Batteries; Bridge circuits; Control systems; Electricity supply industry; Energy management; Fuel cells; Hydrogen; Mesh generation; Photovoltaic systems; Solar power generation; current doubler rectifier; electrolyzer; full-bridge converter; hydrogen production; resonant converter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 2007. ISIE 2007. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Vigo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0754-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0755-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.2007.4375026

Filename

4375026